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Darwin’s Papers Show the Evolution of His Ideas
By the Editor on February 13, 2012
Just in time for Charles Darwin’s 203rd birthday, the American Museum of Natural History unveiled the first phase of...
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Jurassic Cricket: Mating Song Recreated 165 Million Years Later
By the Editor on February 8, 2012
A cricket song last heard 165 million years ago has been played again. To reconstruct the sound, paleontologists compared...
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Patch of Seagrass is World’s Oldest Living Organism
By the Editor on February 8, 2012
A swathe of seagrass in the Mediterranean could be the oldest known living thing on Earth. Carlos Duarte of...
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Habitable Zones Around Alien Suns May Depend on Chemistry
By the Editor on February 6, 2012
Trace elements in stars may influence the evolution of habitable zones around them where life as we know it...
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Newfound Super-Earth Planet Could Support Life
By the Editor on February 2, 2012
A potentially habitable alien planet — one that scientists say is the best candidate yet to harbor water, and...
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Early Plants Linked to Ancient Ice Ages
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
The first plants to appear on earth 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages by causing...
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NASA Spots ‘Alien’ Matter From Beyond Solar System
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
For the very first time, a NASA spacecraft has detected matter from outside our solar system — material that...
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Life in Ocean ‘Blue Holes’ Studied
By the Editor on January 27, 2012
Life found in underwater caves in the Bahamas could give clues to what types of marine life might be...
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Viruses Evolve in Real Time
By the Editor on January 26, 2012
Charles Darwin recognized that natural selection can make eyes sharper, muscles stronger, and fur thicker. But evolution does more...
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Oldest Dinosaur ‘Nursery’ Discovered
By the Editor on January 24, 2012
Tiny prints from baby dinosaurs dot the oldest dinosaur nesting site found to date, a 190-million-year-old nursery in South...
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